The curtain fell on 4 days of explosive competitors on the 2025 Jamaica Athletics Administrative Affiliation (JAAA) Nationwide Senior and Junior Championships contained in the Nationwide Stadium on Sunday with Olympic bronze medalist Megan Tapper reclaiming her throne within the ladies’s 100m hurdles.
After final 12 months’s fall, she surged to a personal-best 12.34 seconds—her fourth nationwide crown—leaving defending champion Ackera Nugent (12.41 seconds) and Amoi Brown (12.67 seconds) in her wake.
“As soon as I received my lead leg excellent, I knew I might have received,” Tapper mentioned, tears of reduction and pleasure glistening.
On the lads’s facet, Orlando Bennett seized his maiden senior title within the 110m hurdles, clocking 13.10 seconds—simply .01 shy of his private greatest. With favourite Rasheed Broadbell sidelined by harm throughout the warm-up for the ultimate, Bennett stored his cool to carry off Demario Prince with a private greatest 13.12 seconds, and Tyler Mason (13.22 seconds).
Quarter-mile Queens and Kings
Within the first senior remaining, Nickisha Pryce defended her ladies’s 400m crown for a 3rd straight 12 months, powering residence in 49.97 seconds—a season’s greatest. Dejanea Oakley and Stacey-Ann Williams each clocked 50.08 seconds, however Pryce’s composed end was untouchable.
On the lads’s monitor, nationwide document holder Rusheen McDonald lastly captured his first 400m title in 44.89 seconds. Easing right down to virtually a stroll, McDonald narrowly fended off Delano Kennedy, whose late cost produced a 44.91 seconds private greatest, whereas Jevaughn Powell claimed bronze in 45.0 seconds.
200m redemption and rising stars
Bryan Levell turned frustration into triumph within the males’s 200m, powering from behind to win in 20.10 seconds—an computerized ‘A’ normal for the upcoming World Championships. “Making up for Friday’s disappointment was every little thing,” Levell mirrored, eyes fastened on worldwide glory. Christopher Taylor with a private greatest 20.36 seconds and Adrian Kerr (20.49secs) accomplished the rostrum.
Ashanti Moore of SprinTec sprinted to the ladies’s 200m title in 22.66, outpacing Gabrielle Matthews (22.80) and Roneisha McGregor (22.86). Briana Williams was disqualified for a false begin.
Area occasion fortresses
On his twenty eighth birthday, triple jumper Jordan Scott soared to a wind-aided 17.15m, his fourth nationwide crown. Jamaica Faculty’s Chevez Penn thrilled the gang with 16.53m for silver, whereas Calabar’s Romaine Lewis took bronze at 15.54m.
Within the throws, Shaquane Dunn captured the lads’s shot put with 18.33m, adopted by Christopher Younger (17.93m) and Moses Parkinson (17.38m). Nationwide document holder Nayoka Clunis continued her hammer-throw dynasty, hurling 69.05m for a fifth straight title. Nationwide record-holder Elvis Graham prolonged his javelin supremacy with 72.78m—his sixth straight championship win.
Qualifiers and contenders
— Bryan Levell’s 20.10 within the 200m secured the automated ‘A’ normal for the World Championships, becoming a member of an elite Jamaican squad.
— Rusheen McDonald’s 44.89 positions him strongly, although official requirements await affirmation.
— Megan Tapper’s 12.34secs, the sixth-fastest time globally this 12 months, locations her firmly in World Championship competition.
— Orlando Bennett and Ashanti Moore, regardless of nationwide titles, should now chase qualifying marks forward of main worldwide meets.
— Within the discipline, Jordan Scott, Shaquane Dunn, Nayoka Clunis, and Elvis Graham solidified their dominance at residence however stay simply wanting international computerized requirements.
Because the monitor clears on the Nationwide Stadium, Jamaica’s greatest now flip their focus to the summer season’s worldwide challenges—carrying titles, nationwide pleasure, and qualifying marks right into a season that guarantees Olympic-level drama.
